An automated software verification tool for model-based development of embedded systems with simulink®

Abstract

This paper describes the implementation of an automated test tool developed in Matlabreg/Simulinkreg environment that supports model testing and software verification in model-based development of control applications. This tool based on `black box' testing strategy serves on the one hand to check the ldquosemanticrdquo or ldquofunctionalrdquo correctness (SiL: software-in-the-loop) of automatically with RTW (real time workshopreg) generated C-code for algorithms designed and modelled in Simulinkreg and on the other hand to compare the obtained results with the results of the simultaneously running model-in-the-loop test (MiL). The aim behind this tool is to develop reliable software that fulfils system requirements, assure quality and can perform satisfactorily in the intended deployment environment.